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Yellowstone National Park offers 1,200 miles of hiking, walking and backpacking trails that wind through the park’s 2.2 million acres of spectacular and mostly untouched terrain. Led by a naturalist, explore pathways that thread through Yellowstone’s matchless landscape of diverse flora, thermal features, landforms, canyons, cascades and waterways.

Highlights

• Discover a spectacular and mostly untouched landscape while hiking a fragment of Yellowstone's 1,200 miles of backpacking, hiking and walking trails.
• Four days in the field offer a tantalizing glimpse of the Great Caldera’s infinite wonders.
• An instructor’s interpretation and observations enhance your hiking field trips and provide an intimate portrait of the park’s wildlife, habitats and geology.

Activity Notes

Hikes of 3-6 miles on established hiking trails at elevations ranging from 5,200-10,243 feet. Be prepared for sudden changes in weather.Date Notes5/17/2015This date will have 2 instructors and the group will be divided into 2 small hiking groups. 7/12/2015Discover Yellowstone abloom via ecology presentations and four days exploration among some of the region`s 1,150 native species of flowering plants. Several less active, botanist-led wildflower walks each field day offer subtle blooms to blazing glory; Hike 3-6 miles per day among life zones from the northern desert community to areas above timberline. Consider monkshood, pollinators, bears, elephanthead and fringed gentian when Yellowstone showcases its magnificent wildflowers. This program coincides with program #21597 "Adventurous Women Exploring the Rivers and Trails of Yellowstone" with the same lodgings. This could be an alternative program for a traveling companion who is female or would like the option of seeing portions of Yellowstone on the water. 8/2/2015This date offers hiking in a small group and runs in conjunction with program #20563 "Capturing Yellowstone: Plein Air Workshop in the Wild" for travel partners interested in painting in Yellowstone rather than hiking. 8/16/2015This date will have 2 instructors and the group will be divided into 2 small moderately challenging hiking groups. 8/23/2015This date will have 2 instructors and the groups will be divided into 2 small hiking groups. This date is a "Challenging" activity level and offer challenging hikes of 6 to 8 miles on each of four field days and my not include Old Faithful. This date follows a "Moderately Challenging" hiking program Aug 16-21, 2015. Enrolling in both dates offers adventurous hikers the opportunity to hike for 8 field days in Yellowstone. 8/30/2015This date will have 2 instructors and the groups will be divided into 2 small hiking groups. This date follows a "Challenging" hiking program Aug 23-28, 2015. Enrolling in both dates offers adventurous hikers the opportunity to hike for 8 field days in Yellowstone. 9/20/2015This program date has both an activity level of "Challenging" & “Moderately Challenging.” Participants will be split into two small groups to hike. Challenging hikes will take experienced hikers 6-8 miles on each of four field days and may not see Old Faithful. Moderately challenging hikes will take hikers 3-6 miles and include a visit to Old Faithful. 9/27/2015This date offers hiking in a small group and runs in conjunction with program #17947 "Inspired Images: Photographing the Wonders of Yellowstone" for travel partners interested in photographing Yellowstone rather than hiking. Coordinated by University of Montana Western.

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